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Money: A Double-Edged

Sword

It requires great wisdom and hard labour to acquire money.
It is very strange then that one chooses to be stupid when it
comes to spending that hard earned money.

veryone knows how to earn money. But few people
Eknow how to spend it. This is the most common
experience in every society, whether religious or secular.
A wise person is one who discovers this fact and plans
his life by taking a lesson from it.
Money is the greatest booster for a person, but at the
same time, money may prove to be the greatest source of
disaster for him. Initially, money is a source of strength.
It is its use that makes it good or bad for a human being.
People earn money by applying their wisdom, but when
it comes to the use of money, people can be remarkably
stupid.

Recently, I was invited by a friend to visit his
farmhouse which had been built beside an important
road. It was fitted out with all kinds of comforts and
luxuries. But practically, it was like a white elephant. I
said to the owner that this had been a serious wastage

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